With the digital boom that we have been experiencing for several years now and that has been significantly maximized due to the current situation caused by the pandemic, it is not a secret that the different economic, social, political, environmental initiatives, among others, have taken...

Dihing Patkai is located in Assam and is also referred to as East Amazon. It is home to several other varieties of both domestic and migratory species contributing to the richness of natural Biodiversity in Assam. But in the recent past due to progress in human civilization leading to...

Climate change has become a key threat to biodiversity. As a response to climate change, species may adapt spatially (with range shifts) and temporally (with phenological adaptations), which may alter the impact of conservation measures. In cultural landscapes, where conservation often depends...

Despite calls for the reform of incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity, including under the Convention on Biological Diversity and its 2011-2020 Aichi Targets, very few countries to date have undertaken what is considered the first step in this process, namely, to identify and...

Die Frage, ob die Artenvielfalt im Leipziger Auwald besser durch Prozessschutz oder besser durch Artenschutz erhalten werden kann, wird momentan kontrovers diskutiert. Beide Management-Strategien haben ihre Vor- und Nachteile und müssen die jeweils vorherrschenden auenökologischen Faktoren und...

Introduction to The Elephant Tourism Business / John Koldowski, Eric Laws, Noel Scott and Xavier Font -- Section 1. Personal Experiences of Elephant Tourism -- Section 2. Expectations and Experiences of Interactions with Elephants -- Section 3. Ethical and Moral Perspectives -- Section 4....

Orcinus Orca is the world's largest predator, and simultaneously a significant tourist asset and cultural icon for much of the Pacific Northwest. In the past two decades, the Southern Resident Killer whales (SRKW) have declined by more than 25 percent, and this population appears on a...

Habitat conservation is critical to the survival of endangered tigers. This paper develops a resource-allocation model for the protection of tiger habitats, using information on threats to particular tiger subspecies, the quality of remaining habitat areas, the observed effectiveness of habitat...

This paper summarizes in non-technical terms the economic case for conserving biodiversity, and explains why we cannot rely on market forces to do this task. It reviews the policy interventions that could help in biodiversity conservation

Evolution of the partnership model in the World Bank -- The performance of World Bank biodiversity partnerships -- Partnering with bureaucracies -- The critical ecosystem partnership fund and the promise of democracy -- The global invasive species program and the promise of innovation --...

What is a model? -- Purposes of modelling -- Typical model features -- Homogenous deterministic population models -- Homogenous stochastic population models -- Spatial population models -- Models with individual variability -- Models of biodiversity -- Instruments for biodiversity conservation...

Population, resources, and the environment : the situation in 2018 / Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich -- Food for 10 billion : possibilities and probabilities / Nina V. Fedoroff -- Trade's contribution to global food security / Kym Anderson -- Feeding a world in the wake of climate change and...

"Ecologists and economists both use models to help develop strategies for biodiversity management. The practical use of disciplinary models, however, can be limited because ecological models tend not to address the socioeconomic dimension of biodiversity management, whereas economic models tend...